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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday September 6th, 2023 with Heavy Ben
What's new in the jazz record bin?

Let's spin records that are new to the world in 2023, new to my record shelves, or newly repressed rarities. Afrobeat | Modal | Fusion | Library | Avant-Garde | Contemporary Jazz (to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")
Hour one
Langendorf Arena
Langendorf United - Yeahno Yowouw Land - Sing A Song Fighter, Black Sweat - 2023
Sost
JJ Whitefield - Ethio Meditations / Drama Al Dente - Madlib Invazion - 2023 New
Walkin Across The Lifetime
Nexus - The Call, For A New Life - Black Sweat - 2023
The Searcher
Phi-Psonics - The Cradle - nightnote, Gondwana - 2020, 2022
Rain, Rain
Hagood Hardy - Stop 33 Sutton Place - GRT - 1967 Canadian
Dance To Summon
Isach Skeidsvoll - Dance To Summon - Ultraääni - 2023
Train A Coming
Jake Ferguson Featuring Malcom Catto - Emotions Run Dry - Madlib Invazion - 2023 New
Sailin'
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - Shades Of Blue - Columbia, Jazzman - 1965, 2019
Memory
Vic D'or feat. Michael Snow - 33/3 - Music Gallery Editions, The Coach House Press - 1978 Canadian
Funkum
Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah - Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah - Philips, Jet - 1973, 2020
Hour two
Murmuration
Natural Information Society Community Ensemble - Since Time Is Gravity - Aguirre, Eremite - 2023
Fijaara
Daniel Janke - Daniel Janke - Scratch - 1984 Canadian
Patterns
The Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening - Impulse! - 1970
Radiance In Veils
Cat Toren's Human Kind - Scintillating Beauty - Panoramic Recordings - 2020 Canadian
Side Eye
J-Zone - Intoxicated Skull - Madlib Invazion - 2023
Dogon Mysteries
Idris Ackamoor ☥ The Pyramids - Shaman! - Strut - 2020
Przejazd / The Journey; I'm Sorry, I'm Not Driver
Laboratorium - Quasimodo - Polish Jazz - 1979
Interactive CKCU
Host: Natalie McGrath
Good evening Ben!!

9:10 PM, September 6th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Natalie! We've got a little gathering here in the studio... join next time

9:13 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Free improv brings me back to my younger days... Thanks !

9:49 PM, September 6th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
hi robert, thanks for tuning in

9:55 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Hi.

10:01 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Younger days, meaning the 80s... saw AMM, WSQ, lots of great music...

10:03 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Montreal, Vancouver...

10:05 PM, September 6th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
AMM!

10:11 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Am I glad to be able to listen to CKCU !!

10:11 PM, September 6th, 2023
hillbilly
Classy list with Michael Snow in it!!!;-) ✊🎹

10:11 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Yes. AMM at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, mid 80s.

10:12 PM, September 6th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Amazing that you would know about all these musicians ! Thank you.

10:22 PM, September 6th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks all for listening and for your comments. Catch you back here next week... and ahead of then this Saturday @8pm on Heavy Friends

10:54 PM, September 6th, 2023